Performance counters do not return performance values if a multi-segment logical disk is monitored on a Linux operating system or on a UNIX operating system. Instead, the performance counters return NULL values. These NULL values cause an alert to be incorrectly generated.

This issue is resolved.

The agent file for monitoring the HP-UX operating system uses excessive memory when HP-UX enumerates lots of processes.

The internal design of the agent file that is in HP-UX causes excessive memory to be used when HP-UX enumerates lots of processes.

The design is changed to significantly reduce memory usage.

The agent file for monitoring the Solaris 10 operating system leaks handles.

If an error occurs while the /proc as file is read in a Solaris 10 operating system, a file handle leak may occur. After a while, the agent file on Solaris 10 becomes unresponsive.

This issue is resolved.

Additionally, the following feature addition is added in this update to control the rules that generate log file alerts in Linux management packs or in UNIX management packs:

The default behavior combines duplicate log file entries into a single alert. After you install this update, you can generate a separate alert for each log file entry.

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Installation instructions

This update is included as part of Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. To install this update, follow these steps:

Install Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. To install this update, follow the installation instructions in KB article 2251525. Additionally, you must perform all the manual installation steps in KB article 2251525.

After you install Cumulative Update 3, follow these steps:

Download and then install the updated management packs from Microsoft
Download Center. The Download Center link is provided in the "Download information" section.

Import the updated management pack for each version of Linux or UNIX that you monitor in your environment.

Use Operations Manager 2007 R2 Discovery Wizard to rediscover Linux-based computers or UNIX-based computers that you monitor. The agent files on these computers are updated during the discovery process.

File information

This update affects the following cross platform files.

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File name

File version

SCXAgents.dll

6.1.7000.277

MOMSCXLogModules.dll

6.1.7000.277

Scxcertconfig.exe

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.AIX.5.3.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.AIX.6.1.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.AIX.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.HPUX.11iv2.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.HPUX.11iv3.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.HPUX.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.4.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.5.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.RedHat.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.SLES.10.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.SLES.11.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.SLES.9.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Linux.SUSE.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Solaris.10.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Solaris.8.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Solaris.9.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Solaris.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Unix.Image.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Unix.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Unix.LogFile.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Unix.Service.Library.mp

6.1.7000.277

Microsoft.Unix.Views.mp

6.1.7000.277

Updated agent files

For UNIX agent files and for Linux agent files, this update also installs updated files and removes old files. The updated agent files are installed in the following folder:

The placeholder <server type> represents the name of the UNIX or Linux server.

The placeholder <server version> represents the version number of the server.

The placeholder
<architecture> represents the processor architecture of the destination computer.

The placeholder
<package type> represents the kind of installation file.

References for old agent files

The agent files that were included in Cross Platform Cumulative Update 2 for Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 have a version number of 258. All agent files that use this version number are removed during the installation of Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

The agent files that were included in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Agent Update (KB973583) have a version number of 252. All agent files that use this version number are removed during the installation of Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

The agent files that were included in the original release of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 have a version number of 248. These files are replaced by some files that are 1 KB in size during the installation of Cumulative Update 3 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. You can manually remove these 1 KB files. These 1 KB files include the following: